Audience, Behavior, Condition, Degree! Is behavior based on student knowledge or level of eductation given that they choose to apply themselves to. Behavior can be personal or eductional based on level of understanding?

I have found this topic to be very interesting. I have always compared myself to this model, and yet I have been able to find new ways for improvement. I am in my first year of instructing and try to find ways to create an environment of focused driven, learning and creativity, and still try to make the students want to learn in a fun way.

What is the Best advice that anyone could give when its your first time teaching before a live class? Any advice please

This question is one that interests me and I will tell you why. I have some great students but once in awhile there is always one that you just can't get through to. They only are in school for reasons other than their education or advancing into a professional career. I try alot of different motivational games, tasks and just asking what could I do better. It is never the correct answer something is always wrong either they are sick,tired or they just don't care. Any suggestions? These are students that are about 17 to 32 years of age. Thank you. T.F.

This information served as a reminder for me most of the things mentioned I already knew or had at lease heard before so thinks for the refresher course.

Since it said that first impressions are lasting ones. Will it be fair for instructors to view their students in this way; based upon the first time meeting them? As instructors we are held to specific professional standards viewed by students and other faculty. Would it be fair to view our students the same way; and hold them accountable for their unprofessionalism at times.

As an instructor do you feel it is important to bring outside additonal learning tools (related to course material) to best help your students study and learn the material given?

Students really look up to their instructor reagardless the age of the student returning to school. They can really view you as a their role model.

Interetsting discussion on various types of learning methods. Sorry to again disagree with the content/quiz answers, but the four learning methods are traditionally described under the acronym VARK (Visual, Auditory, Reading, Knietic). Also, one of the quiz anwers was impossible to get correct. The material specifically states that the attention span of adults is 10-12 minutes, but that answer option was not given.

To prepare students for the experiences of restaurant work, we set up an activity we call speed drills. In this drill, a mock restaurant line is created and the students rotate thru the different stations(pantry, grill etc). They need to understand what products will be produced in each stations and therefore what items need to be prepped-not only the food but also smallwares and platewares. Timing is a critical component in these drills because food from all stations need to be ready at the same time. With these drills, the students get to experience the pace and demands they will face with in the food service industry.

Knowing that the role of a great accelerator facilitator is trainer, facilitator, and learner,and this is done by the instructor coming in as the teacher bringing in experience and objectives then becoming the facilitator by releasing control to the learners letting them learn in the best way for them but keeping the teacher role close by so things don't get out of hand then letting the learner come in and with an open mine learn something new that maybe one of the learner bring out in discussion.

I found the iImportance of learning styles interesting. It caused me to realize that now I can hopefully reach all of my students, and in turn improve my ability to be a more effective teacher.

I need the various standard ways to know how to handle this situation.

I have spent much of my professional life working with people with disabilities. They may require some adaptations or more time to complete tasks, but they enrich your life and classroom.

Yes, I have found myself too static at times. Once I began to move around more I saw a marked improvement in the students attention.

if grades are delayed then the students are not present in mind to absorbe the new teaching material ... I find getting the material back before the 2nd break to be ideal... the students know unless an earthquake happens they will have feed back to be discussed in private after class..

i like to us a tech. of rapid fire questions going backwards i.e. "what is water?" answer a combination of two atoms hydrogen and oxygen and then follow up with "and then what is oxygen etc etc... my students like the backwards traceing effect.

information tech. makes supporting the visual learner a much eaiser job. you can use power point, to we mechines. to candy and tooth picks pick your poison.

very important to capture your students attention.

I've found that I can engage students best when teaching extremely technical by always beginning those lessons with an explaination of how the technical information will be useful to them in their future career. What are some other techniques we as teachers can use to engage students when teaching highly technical topics?